Mathewsboy

Is it too early to use the Estrous Bleat from the can?

wideone

I just read PA's story and apparantly the answer is NO it's not too early!

Rob/PA Bowyer

No.

I saw a research on deer calls and from that research it was stated that there is no scientific research that deer make an "estrous bleat" that it is nothing more than a contact call. I do see on a particular website of deer calls that they have the contact call and estrous bleat has two seperate calls but are very similiar in sound.

So either way, it is not too early because the "Can" doesn't mimic the sound to perfection so you may be making nothing more than a contact call and this call is used throughout the deers yearly life.

There has been posts already that have had success with said call and I personally mimic the "can"/contact call on my Deer Flute by River Valley with success as well.

mlang

About 3 weeks ago I was watching some bucks and does in my food plot, my stand is about 80 yds into the woods. The bucks left in the other direction and the does were starting to fade off in a diff. direction but not by my stand. I tried the estrus bleat because I have had luck in the past calling in does with it. About 30 seconds after I called the bucks came trotting back in and insistantly pushing the does arround. In an attempt to escape the does led the bunch of them about 8 yards from my stand. One of the bucks didn't make it all the way past. I know it was way early for the estrus bleat then, but I don't have a doubt in my mind I would not have filled my tag that morning without it. I know it was a freak thing that it got those buck hot to trot that early, but none the less it worked for me.

PABowhntr

As was stated above.....check out my thread in this forum. I called in a 6 pointer with it last Friday and the Saturday before I had an 8 pointer sneak up on me after I was using the can sporadically throughout the morning.

whiskeyscout

Yesterday moring I grunted and got no response, I then grunted and used the can simotaneously and bingo, unforntunately it circled down wind a bit, but not of me, but of another hunter, he took a 50 yard shot and hit the deers ankle, it hopped and cont.. eating, walking the other way. He then came over and said I messed him up,lol. So he leaves at 8:40 in the morning. Sure enough at 10:04 bleated and grunted really agressive, as I do a half hour before going in. 10:14 I looked around, a nicer buck was right under that guys stand 150 yards west of me, lol. I didn't get a shot, but I thought when he was leaving, telling him to stick around, but the the hell with him. Both bucks were at least 3 years old. THEN in the afternoon about 6:00 I called one again, please note only responses was when I did both calls simotaneously. He came under my stand, but passed, as we are only allowed one buck for gun/bow. First year using the can, with the grunt, it's very effective. With a decoy, it wouldn't even be fair, lol.